February 27, 2009

Oh where oh where has this little girl been?

Hi there. I know, I know. It's been a while since I've blogged. I go good...then I slack off. I go good again....and again I slack off. Ugh. I know if must be frustrating to my 3 followers, two of which are family! So they for the most part know where I am. LOL I wasn't slack'in without a reason. It was productive slack'in. This time it was "trip to Arizona time". We left on the 11th and got home on the 19th. Made for a quick month, that's for sure. The first part getting ready to go and the last part catching up for being gone. It was Mayo clinic time and we thought we'd combine it with the Western Pyrotechnic Association'sWinter Blast convention. (Let me interject here, that the Mayo visit was a good one, and I continue to be free and clear of any cancer) The Winter Blast was February 11-16th over Presidents weekend in Lake Havasu City. What may you ask does one do at a pyrotechnic convention? Well blow things up (fireworks) of course! LOL. We had four nights of display shows put on by various companies, including us, Homeland Fireworks, American Fireworks and Pyro Spectaculars Display company. It was a fun time and lots of work too. Each of those 4 nights (one display night of setup) we had our wall of fire (gas mines) and a rainbow effect with "Ghost mines". Very pretty and the crowd just loves them. We also got to eat In-n-Out Burger a few times...hehe. Best single cheeseburger w/grilled onions anywhere!

Anyway...you can tell we had a good time and it was good to get away. I don't think I will try and do fun things before Mayo next time, just get the appointment done so we can relax and then go have fun. It was kind of stressful having the appointments looming in the next week. Even with the most positive attitudes! Like I said, my appointment was great. The news was great. My doctor, Helen Ross, says I look simple marvelous (my words of course-hehe) and my blood work is "excellent"! We don't have to go again now until sometime September-ish she says. So I think we will combine it with a trip to Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon. We've never been so that would be a wondrous treat!